Swordsmyth
07-25-2018, 02:21 AM
With Jean-Claude Juncker probably in the air right now, flying to his White House meeting on Wednesday, President Trump threw a wrench in the prepared script when on Tuesday evening he appealed for a return to (truly) free trade and urged Europe to "drop all Tariffs, Barriers and Subsidies" shortly after his administration imposed tariffs on EU imports, and Europe retaliated.
"That would finally be called Free Market and Fair Trade! Hope they do it, we are ready - but they won’t!" Trump tweeted.
The European Union is coming to Washington tomorrow to negotiate a deal on Trade. I have an idea for them. Both the U.S. and the E.U. drop all Tariffs, Barriers and Subsidies! That would finally be called Free Market and Fair Trade! Hope they do it, we are ready - but they won’t!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 25, 2018 (https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1021909900941815809?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) Earlier on Tuesday, ahead of his meeting with top eurocrat Jean-Claude Juncker in which the European Commission President hopes to calm the escalating trans-Atlantic trade fight, Donald Trump tweeted (https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1021719098265362432)"Tariffs are the greatest!"
Tariffs are the greatest! Either a country which has treated the United States unfairly on Trade negotiates a fair deal, or it gets hit with Tariffs. It’s as simple as that - and everybody’s talking! Remember, we are the “piggy bank” that’s being robbed. All will be Great!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 24, 2018 (https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1021719098265362432?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) In reference to what promises to be a contentious meeting with Washington's "foe" (https://www.cbsnews.com/news/donald-trump-interview-cbs-news-european-union-is-a-foe-ahead-of-putin-meeting-in-helsinki-jeff-glor/) - as Trump called the EU in a recent interview, Trump greeted Tuesday morning with a key theme of his presidency (https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-07-24/trump-tariffs-are-greatest):
"Either a country which has treated the United States unfairly on Trade negotiates a fair deal, or it gets hit with Tariffs... Remember, we are the “piggy bank” that’s being robbed..." and also "Countries that have treated us unfairly on trade for years are all coming to Washington to negotiate."
More at: https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-07-24/trump-calls-eu-drop-all-trade-barriers-ahead-juncker-visit
"That would finally be called Free Market and Fair Trade! Hope they do it, we are ready - but they won’t!" Trump tweeted.
The European Union is coming to Washington tomorrow to negotiate a deal on Trade. I have an idea for them. Both the U.S. and the E.U. drop all Tariffs, Barriers and Subsidies! That would finally be called Free Market and Fair Trade! Hope they do it, we are ready - but they won’t!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 25, 2018 (https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1021909900941815809?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) Earlier on Tuesday, ahead of his meeting with top eurocrat Jean-Claude Juncker in which the European Commission President hopes to calm the escalating trans-Atlantic trade fight, Donald Trump tweeted (https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1021719098265362432)"Tariffs are the greatest!"
Tariffs are the greatest! Either a country which has treated the United States unfairly on Trade negotiates a fair deal, or it gets hit with Tariffs. It’s as simple as that - and everybody’s talking! Remember, we are the “piggy bank” that’s being robbed. All will be Great!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 24, 2018 (https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1021719098265362432?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) In reference to what promises to be a contentious meeting with Washington's "foe" (https://www.cbsnews.com/news/donald-trump-interview-cbs-news-european-union-is-a-foe-ahead-of-putin-meeting-in-helsinki-jeff-glor/) - as Trump called the EU in a recent interview, Trump greeted Tuesday morning with a key theme of his presidency (https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-07-24/trump-tariffs-are-greatest):
"Either a country which has treated the United States unfairly on Trade negotiates a fair deal, or it gets hit with Tariffs... Remember, we are the “piggy bank” that’s being robbed..." and also "Countries that have treated us unfairly on trade for years are all coming to Washington to negotiate."
More at: https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-07-24/trump-calls-eu-drop-all-trade-barriers-ahead-juncker-visit